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@thisdayinwwi.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 2:48 PM

Pte Peter Black (s/n 6744 and 2120) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st/7th Bn served in military before #WW1 and had served in France since Apr 1915 but had deserted twice and AWOL for a month. Executed on Sep 18 1916 near the border between France and Belgium, with 'C' Company witnessing the event

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/203097/peter-black/ Private Peter Black (s/n 6744 and 2120) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st/7th Bn. served in the military before the war. He had served in France since Apr 1915 but had deserted twice and was AWOL for a month. He was executed on Sep 18 1916 near the border between France and Belgium, with 'C' Company witnessing the event. Although the Somme was the scene of bitter fighting during the second half of 1916, those offending on its battlefields were often dealt with elsewhere. Nine soldiers were executed in September 1916 yet only one third faced firing squads near the Somme battlefront. Private Peter Black was an example of a soldier shot elsewhere. A private in the Black Watch (probably enlisted pre-war, as he had a previous army number of 2120), he was serving in 51 Highland Division - a division in which the sanction of the death penalty would seem to have been less arbitrary than in other formations. Private Black's record and offence had all the ingredients of a deserving case, although he had served in France since April 1915.84 For a previous offence of desertion the soldier had received a sentence of death which had been suspended. Consequently, a subsequent offence committed prior to going into action, coupled with an absence of over one month, was unlikely to attract sympathetic attention.85 The battalion war diary recorded that on the day prior to execution the sentence was promulgated on parade at 6 pm. The next morning, near the border between France and Belgium, 'C' Company was witness to the tragic event.86 https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Shot_at_Dawn/nPqRAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=shot+at+dawn+executed+peter+black+1916&pg=PA114&printsec=frontcover
@emilymedwards.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 1:16 PM

Step back into a time of fear, a time of decimation. World War 1&2 poetry and fact.
Read of courage, endurance, and resilience .
Amazon - Kindle and Paperback

#poetrybooks #ww1 #ww2 #poetrycommunity #booksky

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@rocolor.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 10:46 AM

#1gm #WW1 – c. 1918. Italian Army survey of trenches along the Piave river. (Central Museum of the Risorgimento) (my colorization)
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more: www.instagram.com/p/DdbPp9WlxIN/

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 10:36 AM

18 September 1917

Australian tunnellers pumping water from dugouts, Hooge, Belgium. (Nearest unit 1st Australian Tunnelling Company)

📸 © IWM E (AUS) 1396

#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 10:34 AM

18 September 1916

British gunners outside their battery s headquarters at Le Plessis-Brion.

📸 IWMQ 78260

#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:55 AM

18 September 1917 Private John Ernest Wild (352498) 2/9 Bn Manchester Regiment was killed in action and buried in Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery. John was 19.

John is remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:55 AM

18 September 1918 Private Harry Ridings (266669) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial.

Harry is remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:54 AM

18 September 1918 Private Walter Birchenough (16248) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial.

Walter is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:54 AM

18 September 1918 Corporal John Willie Sykes (15282) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and buried in Doiran Military Cemetery.

John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:53 AM

18 September 1918 Private John Clews (16255) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial

John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:50 AM

18 September Private James Partington (90607) 2 Garrison Bn Kings (Liverpool Regiment) died and was buried in Mikra British Cemetery.

James is also remembered on the Bredbury and Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:49 AM

18 September 1918 Sergeant Cornelius Fitzpatrick (16112) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment died and was buried in Doiran Military Cemetery.

Cornelius is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:48 AM

18 September 1918 Driver George Minshull (W/5616) Royal Field Artillery was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial

George is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:47 AM

18 September 1918 Corporal Norman Collyer (266355) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment died and was buried in Doiran Military Cemetery

Norman is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:46 AM

18 September 1918 Private Samuel Llewellyn (13329) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial.

Samuel is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:45 AM

18 September 1918 Gunner Archibald Anthony (72862) Royal Garrison Artillery and former @boltonwanderersfc.bsky.social
player was killed in action and buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:43 AM

18 September 1918 Private James K Connell (15231) 12 bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial.

James is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:43 AM

18 September 1918 Private George H Hammond (16173) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial.

George is remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:41 AM

18 September 1916 Private William Downs (35929) 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

William is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 9:40 AM

18 September 1918 Lance Corporal John Barsby Bell (13613) 12 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial

John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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